Word: katherina
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...Melson). Julian, who has become suddenly and mysteriously rich, showers his wife and sisters with gifts, but the women are unhappy because Julian's newfound independence upsets the balance of his relationships with each of them. Lily's anxiety is compounded by the presence of her estranged mother Albertine (Katherina Urso) and her mother's lover, Henry (Lisa Garmire...
...King). Assisted by good scriptwriting, they don't force humor, letting it come more naturally. And while she acts a bit juvenile at first, the author, Mrs. Clandon reaches dramatic equilibrium very quickly, playing her role with a convincing, concerned sternness. The romance between Valentine (Chris Duffy) and Gloria (Katherina Urso) is pat, and although Valentine is just one step beyond in some scenes, they manage to pull off a believable enough love affair in the short time alotted to their relationship...
...mindedly didactic, and many productions of Taming play up the irony of Kate's position, treating her surrender as a victory of sarcasm or love or something else. But director of this play as an unbridled assault of headstrong machismo against virtuous female independence, and tries "to image a Katherina who is truly made submissive, who really relinquishes her will, who is just as broken as nay hunting falcon or busted bronce...
...principles have to carry the weight of the dramatic message, to the detriment of their performances. Mark Cuddy's Petruchio has a reason to deliver his lines like a third-rate caffeine-crazed vaudevillian, Since that is what he is supposed to be. But Kirsten Giroux, who plays Katherina, is clearly a talented if traditional Shakespearean actress, which makes her the wrong person for his role. Her mugging, posting and self-consciously exaggerated delivery make no sense; her gestures and poses look like they have been forced on her against her will. Too often Giroux's voice lapses into sincerity...
...pantomime the offstage action of the play, alleviating the inevitable boredom of this regrettable Elizabethean convention. But McDonough cannot stop with this modest tactic; he has to include pantomimed metaphor's of the onstage action. Of many egregious examples, the backstage portrayal of a catfight during Bianca's and Katherina's second-act sparring manages to be as insulting as it is cliched...